There are some films which appear to be commercial hits now, have actually done mediocre performance at the box office. Let's discuss two of Megastar Chiranjeevi's movies and a Balakrishna's movie, which fall under above category of films.
* CHANTABBAI: Directed by Jandhyala, the movie was made as hilarious and suspense entertainer. Chiranjeevi has excelled his hilarious performance in the role of a detective in a superb manner. The movie has good number of melody songs too. But the end result was just a 'flop'. Many box office pundits still exhibit their surprise of the failure of the movie.
* RUDRANETHRA: The movie was made as a James Bond kind of spy thriller. The movie has good number of action sequences, humour, and six superb songs. And there were glamorous dolls Vijayashanthi and Radha. This K.Raghavendra Rao's directrorial venture was failed at the box office.
* ADITYA 369: Unlike above movies, this movie was not a flop venture. The movie got just average to above average status. Strangely, everyone believes that this movie was a blockbuster. Since the movie received accolades from then critics the movie is misunderstood as blockbuster now. Moreover, Balakrishna's role as Srikrishnadevaraya appeared to be a perfect fit for him. The best indication of this movie's status is that the movie could run 50 days and 100 days in very few centers. Besides, senior Balakrishna's fans know the exact status of the movie.